Kenneth O. Goehring

Kenneth O. Goehring

Kenneth O. Goehring (January 8, 1919 - June 27, 2007) was an abstract expressionism artist and painter, who was born in Evansville, WI and lived most of his life in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He signed his artwork Ken Goehring. His parents were Walter Goehring and Ruth (Rossman) Goehring of Wisconsin.

Goehring received his initial art training at the Meinzinger School of Applied Art in Detroit, MI. He was a veteran and studied under the G.I. Bill of rights during World War II. In 1945 he married his wife, Margretta M. MacNicol, and the couple moved to Colorado Springs. Goehring taught at the University of Denver in 1947, then in 1948 he decided to continue his education at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center School. He studied with Jean Charlot and Emerson Woelffer. Goehring used landscape as the basis for Abstract expressionism.

The Pikes Peak Historical Society Museum (Florissant Schoolhouse Museum) in Florissant, CO features a collection of over 50 miniature historic buildings by Goehring. [http://www.pikespeakhsmuseum.org/Museum/Main%20Headings/Schoolhouse%20Museum.htm]

Goehring lived and painted in Colorado Springs until the age of 88, where his abstract expressionist works earned him a nationwide reputation and several prestigious awards. His work has been exhibited all over the country, including San Francisco, Washington DC, Miami and Boston.


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